Strasbourg beat Stade de Reims (3-1) in Ligue 1. Bakwa, Gameiro and Koné were among the stars of the match.
The Ivorian Koné was sent off in the 85th minute after a clash with Sissoko. AGBADOU was lucky not to be sent off for a foul on Sebas. The Alsatians won their first game of the Ligue One season in a row (1-0 against Montpellier in the first game) and are now third in the table. They face Lille on Saturday (4pm kick-off) in the second match of the group stage of the Champions League. The match was played at the Meinau Stadium in the French city of Lille. The game was played in front of a crowd of 2,000 fans and was held to a goalless draw. It was the first time that Lille had beaten Reims in the league since the second round of the 2009-10 season.